
Are you in search of a The Step By Step Registration and Choice of Course in NOUN? Your search ends now!
Refrigeration in the National open University of Nigeria through the official NOUN portal for 2025 academic session second semester is up and running.
In this guide you will learn how to do your registration as a new intake and as a returning student.
The step by step guide for new and returning students in NOUN, is a complete walk through for aspiring students who would love to enroll for a programme in NOUN and are wondering how to do it correctly and those who wants to take the registration process upon themselves.
The step by step guide for new and returning students in NOUN also covers a detailed explanation on how returning students in NOUN would go about their registration process for the semester.
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Table of contents
- Step 1: The Step By Step Registration and Choice of Course in NOUN
- Step 2: The Step By Step Registration and Choice of Course in NOUN
- HOW TO NAVIGATE THE NOUN STUDENT PORTAL
- How many Faculty are there in NOUN
- How many Departments are there in NOUN
- Faculty of Agricultural Science in NOUN
- Department of Agricultural Science in NOUN
- Agricultural Economic and Extension (AEE)
- Animal Science and Fisheries (ASF)
- Crop and Soil Science (CSS)
- Faculty of Art Science in NOUN
- Programmes to enroll in any Department in the Department of Art Science in NOUN
- Faculty of Computing
- IFT Information System and Technology
- In Conclusion
Step 1: The Step By Step Registration and Choice of Course in NOUN
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Visit the official NOUN STUDENT REGISTRATION PORTAL this is where it all starts. To visit the official NOUN portal where the process is initiated, CLICK HERE!
Step 2: The Step By Step Registration and Choice of Course in NOUN
In the official NOUN student portal, this is what the interface should look like ( reference to the image below)

From the above image, one can tell that, if you do not have a proper guide navigating the NOUN STUDENT PORTAL can be overwhelming.
According to the image there are over 7 different categories which are:
- HOW TO DO THINGS
- ADMISSION
- FRESH STUDENTS
- REGISTERED STUDENTS
- CONVOCATION
- SUPPORT
- STAFF
Just before we begin to dive into detailed explanation of each categories, bear in mind the short cuts below:
NEW STUDENT CLICK HERE TO GET STARTED with your REGISTRATION!
RETURNING STUDENTS CLICK HERE TO GET START with your REGISTRATION!
With that said and done, let’s begin
HOW TO NAVIGATE THE NOUN STUDENT PORTAL


HOW THINGS ARE DONE IN NOUN STUDENT PORTAL is where you find a breakdown of how to navigate the whole NOUN student portal.
Starting with the first HOME icon in the top left hand corner. If you use the HOME PAGE icon it takes you to the HOMEPAGE interface.
The other three YouTube icons are for detailed explainer videos put together by the National Open University of Nigeria.
You may use the following access below to watch each video
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| VIDEO GUIDE 3 | WATCH NOW |
Then there is a list of alphabets from A – T with each alphabets serving as a point to a sub-category. We will be breaking down each each of the sub-categories, explaining their purpose.
Starting with the first alphabet A, it represent “Check your qualification against available programmes”
When you click on “A” a drop-down with a list is displayed, which are:
“Click Admission”
Then there comes a drop-down with a display,
“Am I qualified” (Click ‘Am I qualified’), see what the interface looks like.

According to the image above you are to select if it is a DEGREE PROGRAMME or CERTIFICATE COURSE.
Once you select the option, then choose your faculty, then
Select faculty, using the guide below:

How many Faculty are there in NOUN
Are you a student aspiring to enroll into the National Open University of Nigeria, and you will like to know how many faculties are there in NOUN?
According to the current National Open University of Nigeria student portal as of July 20th 2025, In the National Open University of Nigeria there are 9 (nine) faculties which are:
Faculty of Agricultural Science
Faculty of Art
Faculty of Computing
Faculty of Education
Faculty of Health Science
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Management Science
Faculty of Science
Faculty of Social Science
After you have choose your preferred faculty then you may proceed to choosing your department well.

How many Departments are there in NOUN
Are you a student aspiring to enroll into the National Open University of Nigeria, and you will like to know how many departments are there in NOUN?
Unlike the faculties in the National Open University of Nigeria, department is a sub-category which further break-down the enrollment of studying a particular course.
Let’s take this illustration for example:
The study center main gate as the Faculty.
The door to room 7 or any other entrance to an administrative office, where you talk to a NOUN staff as the Department.
Furthermore, each faculties have a course you are liable to do in a department which is another sub-categories, where you find a series of different programme an aspiring student may enroll.
Comprehensive breakdown of faculties in the National Open University as at of July 22nd, 2025.
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Faculty of Agricultural Science in NOUN
Are you aspiring to take up a course in the faculty of Agricultural Science in NOUN? But you don’t know the available department in the faculty of Agricultural Science in NOUN?
Here are the available department in the faculty of Agriculture in NOUN as at July 22nd, 2025.
Department of Agricultural Science in NOUN
- Agricultural Economic and Extension (AEE)
- AGR General
- Animal Science and Fisheries
- Crop and Soil Science (CSS)
Programme to enroll in any Department in the Department of Agricultural Science in NOUN
Agricultural Economic and Extension (AEE)
- B. Agric., Agricultural Economics and Aggro-Business
- Agric., Agricultural Extension and Rural Development
- BSc Agricultural Extension Management
- PGD., Agricultural Extension Managemnt
Animal Science and Fisheries (ASF)
- B.Agric., Animal
Crop and Soil Science (CSS)
- B.Agric., Crop Science
- B.Agric., Soil and Land Resources Management
Faculty of Art Science in NOUN
In the faculty of Art in the National Open University of Nigeria there are majorly four departments in the faculty of Arts in NOUN as of July 22nd, 2025.
These four departments are:
- ENG English
- LNG Linguistics, Foreing and Nigerian Languages
- PHL Philosophy
- RST Religious Studies
Programmes to enroll in any Department in the Department of Art Science in NOUN
ENG English
- B.A., English
- M.A., English ( Comprehensive Literature )
- M.A., English ( Language )
- M.A., English ( Language in English )
- MPhil and PhD candidates are screened via interview
LNG Linguistics, Foreign and Nigerian Languages
- B.A., Yoruba
- B.A., Igbo
- B.A., Hausa
- B.A., French
- B.A., Arabic
- B.A., French and International Studies
PHL Philosophy
- B.A., Philosophy
RST Religious Studies
- B.A., Christian Theology
- B.A., Islamic Studies
- PGD., Christian Religious Studies
- PGD., Christian Theology
- M. A., Christian Religious Studies – African Tradition Religion
- M. A., Christian Religious Studies – Church History
- M. A., Christian Religious Studies – New Testerment
- M. A., Christian Religious Studies – Old Testerment
- M. A., Christian Religious Studies – Pastoral Theology
- M. A., Christian Religious Studies – Philosophy of Religion
- M. A., Christian Religious Studies – Religion and Society
- M. A., Christian Religious Studies – Systematic Theology
- M. A., Islamic Studies
- M. A., Biblical Studies
- M. A., Christian Theology
- M. A., Religion and Society
- MPhil and PhD candidates are screened via interview
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Faculty of Computing
In the faculty of Computing in the National Open University of Nigeria there are majorly four departments in the faculty of Computing in NOUN as of July 22nd, 2025.
These two departments are:
- CIT Computer Science
- IFT Information System and Technology
Programme to enroll in any Department in the Department of ArtScience in NOUN
CIT Computer Science
- Computer Science
IFT Information System and Technology
- BSc, Information Technology
- PGD, Information Technology
- MSc, Information Technology
Then the next thing to do is to select the course you want to study from the available drop-down, see the image below:

Select department
Select programme
Select level
Click the ‘Next’ button
The sequence is pretty the same, when choosing your preffered programme in the National Open University of Nigeria Student Portal.
In Conclusion
The step by step guide on how to make a choice of programme in NOUN is not limited to the above article, as you are advised to visit the NOUN student portal using the access below.